PARKING TICKET, YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING IT. BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SOMEONE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT GETS ONE? KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER ANNA VELASQUEZ FOUND OUT. AND EXPLAINS WHY YOU MAY BE SURPRISED AT WHO ENDS UP FOOTING THE BILL. A BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY CAR, SITTING IN A NO-PARKING ZONE DOWNTOWN. WITH A PARKING TICKET ON THE WINDSHIELD. AROUND THE CORNER ON THE SAME DAY, A BCSO SUV - ALSO NABBED BY THE METER MAID. the reality is we are not above the law. Expired. That's what the parking meter said at one of the locations where a deputy got a ticket. But like you and me, unless it's an emergency, they have to pay Unless we are in an official capacity responding to a call for service, we're required to follow the responding to a call for service, we're required to follow the same rules and laws that everybody else is A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE SAYS THAT'S TRUE, ACROSS THE BOARD, FOR ALL EMERGENCY VEHICLES. THEY'RE ONLY EXEMPT FROM TICKETS WHEN THEY'RE ACTIVELY WORKING AN EMERGENCY OR PUBLIC SAFETY SITUATION. IF NOT - THEN THEY GET CITED, OR AT LEAST WARNED, JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. BUT WHO PAYS FOR THE VIOLATIONS? the deputy that's assigned to that vehicle is responsible for those fines AND THAT'S NOT ALL. A PARKING TICKET vehicle is responsible for those fines AND THAT'S NOT ALL. A PARKING TICKET CAN PUT AN OFFICER ON THE DEPARTMENT'S RADAR FOR POSSIBLE PUNISHMENT DOWN THE LINE. if there's a continued pattern of behavior like that they can actually face disciplinary action within the department IN DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE ANNA VELASQUEZ KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS. OFFICIALS SAY, IF AN OFFICER FAILS TO PAY A PARKING FINE, THEY COULD FACE CIVIL ACTION. AND DEPENDING ON WHAT KIND OF CITATION IT IS,